Europe
: The Times newspaper has reported that 3 UK is considering legal
action against UK Telecom Body : Ofcom. Ofcom has indicated that it
could relax previously set 3G UMTS roll out mandatory targets.
In
year 2000, 3 UK paid £1,000,000 through an auction process for
its 3G Licence and could now be seeking compensation. 3 UK has hit
Ofcom's roll out criteria of 80% roll out coverage by 2007.
3
UK see any relaxation as giving its competitors ( Vodafone, Orange,
mm02 and T-Mobile ) a financial advantage as less immediate cost would
be incurred.
T-Mobile
and mm02 will not launch their 3G networks until well into 2005.